The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M

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The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. was an American 1990's RnB-dance music group assembled by Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C&C Music Factory. The group featured lead vocals by Michelle Visage, who was formerly a member of another Clivilles & Cole group, Seduction. Other primary members included Octavia Lambertis (often credited simply as Octavia or Octahvia) and Cindy Mizelle, both of whom had had moderately successful solo careers in the 1980s. The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. produced one hit single, a rap version of a 1978 Bill Withers song "Lovely Day."

Their song, titled "It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day," appeared on the 1992 film soundtrack, The Bodyguard. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100, in 1993.

Other band members included Gary Michael Wade and Jamal Alicea.

Visage went on to become a talk show host, along with RuPaul on the cable channel VH1. Lambertis went on to provide vocals for several other artists throughout the 1990s.